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Accreditation, Voting Commence In Oyo, Kaduna

16.08.2025

Accreditation and voting have commenced in some parts of the country as Nigerians troop out for the 2025 bye-elections taking place across 12 states. Reports from polling units monitored so far by Saturday Telegraph indicate a smooth process with no major disruptions. In Oyo State, accreditation and voting are ongoing at Polling Unit 045, Registration...

INEC Releases Key Details, Provides Hotlines For Voters

16.08.2025

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced comprehensive details of the forthcoming 2025 bye-elections scheduled to hold across 12 states of the federation. According to information released on INEC’s official X handle on Saturday, the elections will take place in 32 Local Government Areas (LGAs), 356 Registration Areas (RAs), and 6,987 Polling Units (PUs),...

Zamfara APC Alleges Thugs Thrashing Firearms At Electorate

16.08.2025

The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that political thugs with firearms are dispersing the electorate during Saturday’s bye-election. A statement issued by the Publicity Secretary of the APC, Yusuf Idris Gusau, alleged that, the thugs were seen moving freely in Kaura Namoda town and Kasuwar Daji village after their...

Five Parties Jostle For 217,980 Votes

16.08.2025

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that five political parties will participate in Saturday’s by-election to fill the vacant House of Representatives seat for Ibadan North Federal Constituency in Oyo State. According to INEC, a total of 217,980 registered voters who have collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are expected to decide the...

Kano Bye-Elections: Influx Of Armed Political Thugs Threatens Poll

16.08.2025

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has raised serious concerns over the heavy presence of highly armed sponsored political thugs at Shanono/Bagwai and Tsanyawa/ Ghari Local Government Areas of the State. Reports, has it that some residents of these areas, who are supposedly the voters, have fled their towns in fear of the uncertainties as...

Police Warns Against Electoral Violence

16.08.2025

Politicians and their supporters have been cautioned against attempts to disrupt Saturday’s bye-elections in Kaduna State. The state police command, which gave the warning, listed the affected areas as Sabon Gari, Zaria, Chikun, and Kajuru councils. It further emphasised that anyone found instigating violence would be arrested and prosecuted, no matter their status. In a...

Discordant Tunes As Ondo Adopts Lagos Model Of Gac, Leaders’ Caucus

16.08.2025

The essence of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and zonal caucuses of the governors is for the helmsmen of the states to learn from one another. Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State learnt from the Lagos State model by inaugurating the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) and Leaders’ Caucus with its attendance controversy. Babatope Okeowo reports...

Lagos: Aregbesola’s Berthing Of ADC And APC’s Resolve To Retain Dominance

16.08.2025

The event of last Monday will remain indelible in the annals of partisan politics of Lagos owing to what the outcome eventually turned out to be. This is because what initially looked like a gathering of some members of a local wing of the coalition platform, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Kosofe Local...

Tinubu Needs To Work More To Earn Trust Of Nigerians, Says Ojudu

16.08.2025

A journalist and politician, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, was a member of the Senate who represented Ekiti Central District at the upper legislative chambers, contesting and winning on the platform of the now defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) into the 7th National Assembly. A native of Ado-Ekiti, Ojudu was appointed by the late former President...

Court’s Dismissal Of Abure’s Suit Against INEC Affirmation Of Rule of Law

15.08.2025

The Labour Party (LP) has described as welcome development, the Abuja Federal High Court dismissal of the suit instituted by Julius Abure against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as a welcome development. Interim National Chairman Senator Esther Nenadi Usman, in a statement on Friday, said the decision was an affirmation of the rule of...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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